Analysis of Physical and Mechanical Properties of Rocks in the Karst Region of Pangkep Regency, South Sulawesi| Chapter 8 | Fundamental Research and Application of Physical Science Vol. 1

 Panaikang, Biraeng Village, Minasate'ne District is individual of the villages in the Pangkep karst area that has a topographical study of animal with many cracks, fissures, and craters on the surface. The karst establishment strongly depends on the process of separating carbonate rocks due to interplay with the water. Physical and machinelike properties are main limits that determine accomplishment of rock in the karst region. This study calculated porosity, density and compressive substance of rock in the karst region of the Pangkep Regency to decide its efficiency. The rock samples used were 10 rocks captured from the karst area accompanying a minimum distance of each sample about 10 meters. The results showed that the rock types noticed at the karst area are dolomite rock formed from sediment and a modified rock formed from sediment with range of porosity profit of 0–5% and 5–50%, respectively. As a consequence, the rocks in the karst region have varied compressive substance. Compressive strength results show that the lower principles of porosities (i.e.  0–5%) pertain the range of compressive substance values of 25-50 MPa while the larger values of porosities (that is 5–25%) correspond to the range of compressive substance values of 5-25 MPa. Whereas the rock densities principles were in the range of 2.2-2.7 gr/cm3. The karst area in Panaikang Village, Biraeng Village, Minasate'ne District, is governed by limestone, that has the potential to become a excavating area or rock digging used as a natural resources for cement, carbide, bleaching agent for making beverage ash, acid neutralizing soil manure, ceramic manufacturing, rubber and exhaust industry.

Author(s) Details:

Muhammad Arsyad,
Earth Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Negeri Makassar, Kampus UNM Parangtambung Jl. Daeng Tata Raya Makassar 90224, Indonesia.

Vistarani Arini Tiwow,
Earth Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Negeri Makassar, Kampus UNM Parangtambung Jl. Daeng Tata Raya Makassar 90224, Indonesia.

Agus Susanto,
Earth Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Negeri Makassar, Kampus UNM Parangtambung Jl. Daeng Tata Raya Makassar 90224, Indonesia.

Sulistiawaty,
Earth Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Negeri Makassar, Kampus UNM Parangtambung Jl. Daeng Tata Raya Makassar 90224, Indonesia.

Iitra Achbar Sahdian,
Earth Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Universitas Negeri Makassar, Kampus UNM Parangtambung Jl. Daeng Tata Raya Makassar 90224, Indonesia.

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